farce

Example Sentences

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The story shifts smoothly from one gear to another—character clash to loopy farce to middle-aged angst—in each case with so much insight that singling out a best scene or moment is impossible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

It might be the most American thing ever that we needed to experience the epiphany twice — with equal doses of tragedy and farce on both occasions — before we began to grasp its message.

From Salon • Jun. 21, 2026

One of those employees, played by Eiza González, will make a one-scene farce of delivering a dissertation on Karl Marx while vaping.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

The three‑act farce tells the story of a credulous father whose obsession with astrology leads him to force his young daughter to marry an old wigmaker.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

It distances the entire thing, reduces it to a farce or prank, in which I have no involvement aside from mockery.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood